Chris Mitchell
Managing Director
Chris is a Managing Director at Spectrum, where he helps to lead internet-enabled infoservices, software, and financial technology investments.
Chris joined the firm in 2001 . Over his 23 years at Spectrum, he’s led key investments in companies such as Definitive Healthcare, Verafin, and SponsorUnited.
Prior to joining Spectrum, Chris worked at TA Associates and Monitor Clipper Partners. He received an AB in Classics, cum laude, from Princeton University.
Chris serves as a Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts and is a Charter Trustee of The Roxbury Latin School.
Representative Investments
Bats Global Markets is a leading operator of exchanges for global financial markets.
Acquired by CBOE
Business Monitor offers macroeconomic and industry research for countries, industries, and companies.
Acquired by Fitch Ratings
Definitive Healthcare transforms data, analytics, and expertise into healthcare commercial intelligence.
NASDAQ: DH
EagleView provides aerial imagery and analytics to commercial, government and infrastructure sectors worldwide.
Acquired by Vista Equity
Ethoca’s secure data network allows card issuers and merchants to collaborate in eliminating online fraud.
Acquired by Mastercard
IBfx provides online foreign exchange trading services.
Acquired by TradeStation
ITA Software provides software and information processing services to the online travel industry.
Acquired by Google
Jagex is the UK’s largest independent online game developer and publisher.
Acquired by Shanghai Hongtou
Origami Risk provides risk management and core processing software for the insurance industry.
RainKing provides sales intelligence information on technology, marketing and finance decision makers.
Acquired by Zoominfo/DiscoverOrg
RapidRatings analyzes the financial health of companies to help manage supply chain and 3rd-party risk.
RiskMetrics Group provides risk analytics and information processing to the global financial services community
Acquired by MSCI
Seisint’s information products and processing services allow users to extract key info from large data sets.
Acquired by Lexis Nexis
SponsorUnited’s platform provides proprietary vertical data for the sports media and sponsorship ecosystem.
Spreedly enables high growth, global businesses to optimize their online and mobile payments.
Tenstreet’s platform empowers the trucking industry to recruit, screen, verify, onboard and retain drivers.
Trintech provides financial reporting, governance, risk management and compliance software.
Acquired by Summit Parnters
Varicent provides SaaS sales performance management to streamline and automate sales incentive compensation.
Verafin provides fraud detection and anti-money laundering software for financial institutions.
Acquired by Nasdaq
Verisys enables healthcare organizations to build and sustain fully screened, monitored, compliant workforces.
Acquired by Stone Point
World-Check is the leading provider of intelligence on high-risk individuals to the private sector.
Acquired by Thomson Reuters
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